Britain’s war history being forgotten by young

Gone and at risk of being forgotten by future generations : A Belgian worker looks at some of the 54,389 names of fallen men from Allied forces carved on The Menin Gate memorial to the missing in Ypres

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Gone and at risk of being forgotten by future generations : A Belgian worker looks at some of the 54,389 names of fallen men from Allied forces carved on The Menin Gate memorial to the missing in YpresYves Herman/Reuters

Tony Bonnici

Last updated at 4:22AM, May 16 2014

They are some of the most momentous events in British history, yet for a
significant number of under-35s the two world wars remain a mystery.

Despite commemorations marking the centenary of the start of the First World
War, 17 per cent of those surveyed said they had not heard of it.

The figures were only slightly improved (85 per cent) for those 18 to
35-year-olds who had heard of the Second World War.

Just over half (52.45 per cent) knew that D-Day marks the day of the Normandy
landings, with over a fifth (22 per cent) suggesting that it marks